October fun: 31 days of Horror, Blood, Guts and Gore! (and zombies, too....)
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Nice! I picked that up as well, the wife has never seen it so we'll watch it when she's back from Nashville this weekend.Quote:
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Ha! I did the same thing. I suppose one could get carried away with that but I thought east coast was still legit.![]()
I am going to try and alternate first views with existing "classics". Last night kicked off with Jeepers Creepers as I just got the bluray. I am sure most here are familiar with JC so I won't go all detail but I am a sucker for creature features and for some reason I was always intrigued by the creeper. I give it 3 1/2 stars!![]()
1- Jeepers Creepers 3 1/2 *
Tonight is a first viewing of Area 407
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Sorry to hear you're going through this, yankeeman. Hope things get better.
Sorry to hear you're going through this, yankeeman. Hope things get better.
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I plan on starting out with something old and fairly tame, but highly rated (kind of like me, hahaha): The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), I rented this last year but the DVD arrived broken. I usually review the following day since I don't get a chance to watch my movies until about 9:00 PM EST.
10/1
Doghouse (2009) *NF instant
Not bad at all. Picked this up off Airboss' list a while back and it had Larry's blessing. Mix The Descent with Shaun of the Dead and bring it down a couple notches and you have Doghouse. Very nice makeup and gore! I saw a promo pic a while back & thought the women were doglike creatures but that was not the case. They are total b*tches though. Solid B.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) *HDNET
No Jason, no problem! I boycotted this for many years for that very reason but now I see it's one of the better entries in the series. Solid cast of characters anchored by the mysterious Tommy, Pam the mother figure and Reggie the badass black kid - that lives! Glad I could put my prejudice aside because this was very enjoyable. Cool kills too and lots more boobs than I remember. Another solid B for the day (actually more like D or DD).
10/2
Shiver (2008) *NF Instant
Not sure if I've heard of this title until seeing it in the NF catalog tonight. Figured it's from Spain so it's worth a shot. A Mom & Son move out to a small town and soon find a dark secret is lurking in the woods. People start getting killed and the new kid is the suspect. The editing wasn't so great on this but the story got interesting enough in the 2nd half and saved it for me. I question the son's "condition" and a few other pieces of the movie but overall it was worth a watch I guess. Wouldn't mind seeing an American remake. I'm still trying to figure out what the title had to do with it. 2.5 Zombies
10/3
Ghost Ship (2002)
What a nice surprise! This maritime massacre contains one of the most epic opening death scenes in a horror movie. Heck it might be might favorite opening since Orson Welles’ masterpiece Touch of Evil. It's just that good! The pacing was perfect and the action never really let up. Some good jumps and kills plus the innards of the ship looked very convincing. The chick from E.R. did a decent job of carrying the movie and who can forget the man we all want to be: Karl Urban. Dude is the Brad Pitt of genre flicks. This guy hasn’t made a bad movie yet! So yeah, Ghost Ship I'm sorry I doubted you all these years. 4 zombies
10/4
Triangle (2009)
Thursday night I continued with the boat theme and got stuck on Triangle. This was my second viewing of this wonderful mindf*ck and it still had a strong impact on my brain. Melissa George could be the most underrated actress out there. Her skills always have the viewer empathizing with the character and she makes us care. Autism plays a huge role in the theme of this movie and its patterns here. It could be the main driver as to why she’s stuck in this hell of constantly recreating and repeating the same sequence. One day I’ll have to sit down and pick Triangle apart during a third viewing. 5 zombies
10/5 NO MOVIE - FAIL
10/6
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Saturday’s Creature Feature was The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I thought all the Universal Monster movies were supposed to be great? Man this stunk like rotten fish. Haven’t seen Creature since PHL-17 played it in 3-D back in the 80’s. My parents made it a huge event with the glasses from 7-Eleven and a huge bowl of popcorn and treats. Back then this movie was a big inspiration for my love of horror and monster movies but now the only thing that holds up is the Creature costume. That was some amazing rubber work for 1954! Other than that it’s a total snoozer. Must be the reason they play those annoying horns every time the monster is about to attack – TO WAKE PEOPLE UP! 2 zombies
10/7
The Mutilator (1985)
If you like your 80's slashers with extra cheese track down The Mutilator. Ridiculous music, horrible acting and some cool kills. The gaffe shot is top notch! Good movie with beer or a crowd. 3.5 Zombies. Also has one of the best horror posters from the 80's:
10/8
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Meh. What makes part 1 so great is the two main characters. The Angela in this one is second rate & the gore isn't impressive either. Average entry in the Summer Camp Slashers sub-genre. If you like boobs there's one blonde that just can't seem to keep her shirt on throughout the movie. 2 Zombies
10/9
Livide
This is Alexandre Bustillo's (Inside) second at-bat and boy did he swing for the fences. Not a home run but pretty darn close. Lucy starts a new job as a caregiver and one of the patients is an old, rich ballet instructor shacked up in a house with hidden riches. Lucy gets coaxed into coming back on a treasure hunt and that's where the madness begins. The best way to describe this movie is a fairy tale version of Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" video. Spectacular gore, makeup & set design. There is some truly frightening imagery in this film. Not sure if I dug the ending but the ride getting there was a blast. French horror is back baby! The best fresh viewing so far this year. B+
10/10
The Deadly Spawn
So good I had to watch it again this year. Jersey in the house! This fine piece of 80's trash was filmed in the good ol' Garden State. One of the finer alien invasion movies of the 80's and the second best creature efx of all time. The alien spawn is one wicked looking bastard and it's got nastier teeth than Steve Buscemi. It can't see you but if you scream....you're dead! B+
10/12
Critters 3
Crites wreak havoc. Crites eat baked beans and fart. Goofy looking guy shows up and kills the crites. Not even Leonardo Dicaprio (his first feature film) could save this one. D+
10/13
Deranged (1974)
This was a very good necrophile character study. It even has a guy that appears doing a "live" commentary. The lead actor playing Ezra was so believable you wouldn't be surprised to find out he was a maniac in real life. Also interesting that this was released the same year as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and both had characters based on Ed Gein. Good stuff! Solid B
10/14
The Walking Dead 3.1
Amazeballs! What a way to kick off a season. I Loved every minute of it especially the zombie surprises. And we haven’t even gotten to the man who shall not be named! Wowza. Could it possibly get better? A
10/15
Exit Humanity
This was a fresh 1900’s take on the zombie genre. Gloomy but beautifully photographed, the look of this movie really drove home an impact. We watch lonely man lose his wife, his son and descend into insanity and that’s just his zombie problem. I really dug this one as it had a lot of the fine qualities I found in 2010’s Stake Land. Decent job by all of the actors and looking forward to more films by John Geddes. Also, big-ups to Bloody Disgusting for picking this one and making it available to the masses. Thank God we don’t have to rely on the major studios for good horror! B+
10/16
Sugar Hill
10/17
The Innkeepers
10/18
10/19
10/20
Monster Dog
Monster Dog (1984) was the story of a....you guessed it: a huge Monster Dog that wreaked havoc on a small town, or house because that's all we saw. It was Italian, had wacko gore, bad dubbing & starred Alice Cooper! Best rock song/video I've heard in an 80's horror flick since Maximum Overdrive. This unknown delight was Directed by Italian slop-fest master Claudio Fragasso (Troll 2, Zombi 3). No wonder I loved it! Warning: much less boobies than your usual Italian fare. Entertaining trash. WOOF!
10/21
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
I checked out All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) the other night and enjoyed it. The ending was pretty ruthless and even though the first half was standard teeny bop horror it started moving in a fresh direction once it climbed that familiar hill. Teen on teen violence can't get a proper release (The Loved Ones?) in the US and there's no signs of that changing so we'll just have to go keep our eyes open for these little nuggets that would otherwise go unnoticed.
10/22
Ssssss
Sssssss (1973) was pretty good. Crazy mad scientist/herpetologist creates anti-venom and something even more slithery out of his protege. In the beginning there was a disclaimer that the actors worked with real poisonous snakes. True? Who knows but I know I love snakes and reptiles so this was a cold-blooded treat for
10/27
Anthropophagus
There’s two reasons I watched this one: It’s on the old Video Nasties list and I’ve long heard rumors of a scene where the crazed cannibal-man eats a newborn straight from a woman’s baby-hole. A group of friends get trapped on an island inhabited by a shipwrecked fella with a taste for flesh. Although a few scenes of gore in this film were disgusting I was expecting something a bit more shocking. Overall it was fairly tame by today’s standards. Bad dubbing, silly dialogue and all the 80’s Italian madness I’ve grown to expect.
House by the Cemetery
If Zombi didn’t have such fantastic music this would be my 2nd favorite Fulci flick. An unlucky family moves into an old house but they soon find out the previous homeowner never left. Realtor tip: might want to look in the basement BEFORE you buy a house. Little Bob still holds the prize for most annoying kid in a horror movie.
The Beyond
Fulci’s masterpiece! Chock full of madness. This movie has everything and then some. The Beyond has excellent gore that keeps delivering throughout the movie and an incredible score to boot. Perfect pacing that culminates with an epic zombie massacre. Another reason I love this movie is because the ending is so damn dark and desolate. This is horror!
10/28
City of the Living Dead
Just an alright Fulci film that relies heavily on a few scenes of gore. Oh but these scenes are so darn good! Is it worth watching 91 minutes of an average horror movie just for 120 seconds of over the top brains and entrails? Yup! Points taken off for Fabio Frizzi remixing the Zombi music and reusing it for COTLD. Yeah dude, maybe you changed a note or two but so did Vanilla Ice when he ripped off Queen.
Cockneys Vs. Zombies
This was a lot of fun and just what I needed. A UK zombie movie with unlikely heroes? Sounds like I’ve heard this before but behold…some fresh ideas! Some clumsy bank robbers rescue their Grandpa from a nursing home and the two groups team together to form a formidable zombie fighting team. There were a few creative scenes that got an LOL from me and the pacing moves it along fast enough so it never gets annoying. Good fun!
The American Scream
Pretty good documentary about 3 families and the buildup to their annual Halloween home haunts. If one of these families was crazier I would have enjoyed it more. Mostly we just see all the work and preparation that goes into their elaborate displays. Show me the drama!
10/29
Inbred (2011)
Inbred is silly, European countryside, small-town torturous fun! It moves a bit slow until the halfway point but once you get past that the madness ensues and the third act is backwoods crazy! A group of reform kids and some caretakers go on some weekend getaway at a lush green countryside cottage. After some work at the house the caretakers decide it would be nice to take the kids to the local pub for some sodas. If you're one of the kids you have 2 issues with this: 1. sodas? 2. The friggin' pub is called The Dirty Hole? Has nobody in this movie seen An American Werewolf in London? If you don't heed the warning in the ridiculously creepy name, at least reconsider staying after seeing the buggered up local folk. Yeah, it doesn't bode well for our crew from there. Definitely worth checking out. The gore is fun & almost cartoonish and the kills are fairly original. I guarantee this will be the best Yorkshire torture movie you see this year.
10/30
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10/31
V/H/S
Trick 'R Treat
Terror Train
Halloween
10/1
Doghouse (2009) *NF instant
Not bad at all. Picked this up off Airboss' list a while back and it had Larry's blessing. Mix The Descent with Shaun of the Dead and bring it down a couple notches and you have Doghouse. Very nice makeup and gore! I saw a promo pic a while back & thought the women were doglike creatures but that was not the case. They are total b*tches though. Solid B.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) *HDNET
No Jason, no problem! I boycotted this for many years for that very reason but now I see it's one of the better entries in the series. Solid cast of characters anchored by the mysterious Tommy, Pam the mother figure and Reggie the badass black kid - that lives! Glad I could put my prejudice aside because this was very enjoyable. Cool kills too and lots more boobs than I remember. Another solid B for the day (actually more like D or DD).
10/2
Shiver (2008) *NF Instant
Not sure if I've heard of this title until seeing it in the NF catalog tonight. Figured it's from Spain so it's worth a shot. A Mom & Son move out to a small town and soon find a dark secret is lurking in the woods. People start getting killed and the new kid is the suspect. The editing wasn't so great on this but the story got interesting enough in the 2nd half and saved it for me. I question the son's "condition" and a few other pieces of the movie but overall it was worth a watch I guess. Wouldn't mind seeing an American remake. I'm still trying to figure out what the title had to do with it. 2.5 Zombies
10/3
Ghost Ship (2002)
What a nice surprise! This maritime massacre contains one of the most epic opening death scenes in a horror movie. Heck it might be might favorite opening since Orson Welles’ masterpiece Touch of Evil. It's just that good! The pacing was perfect and the action never really let up. Some good jumps and kills plus the innards of the ship looked very convincing. The chick from E.R. did a decent job of carrying the movie and who can forget the man we all want to be: Karl Urban. Dude is the Brad Pitt of genre flicks. This guy hasn’t made a bad movie yet! So yeah, Ghost Ship I'm sorry I doubted you all these years. 4 zombies
10/4
Triangle (2009)
Thursday night I continued with the boat theme and got stuck on Triangle. This was my second viewing of this wonderful mindf*ck and it still had a strong impact on my brain. Melissa George could be the most underrated actress out there. Her skills always have the viewer empathizing with the character and she makes us care. Autism plays a huge role in the theme of this movie and its patterns here. It could be the main driver as to why she’s stuck in this hell of constantly recreating and repeating the same sequence. One day I’ll have to sit down and pick Triangle apart during a third viewing. 5 zombies
10/5 NO MOVIE - FAIL
10/6
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Saturday’s Creature Feature was The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I thought all the Universal Monster movies were supposed to be great? Man this stunk like rotten fish. Haven’t seen Creature since PHL-17 played it in 3-D back in the 80’s. My parents made it a huge event with the glasses from 7-Eleven and a huge bowl of popcorn and treats. Back then this movie was a big inspiration for my love of horror and monster movies but now the only thing that holds up is the Creature costume. That was some amazing rubber work for 1954! Other than that it’s a total snoozer. Must be the reason they play those annoying horns every time the monster is about to attack – TO WAKE PEOPLE UP! 2 zombies
10/7
The Mutilator (1985)
If you like your 80's slashers with extra cheese track down The Mutilator. Ridiculous music, horrible acting and some cool kills. The gaffe shot is top notch! Good movie with beer or a crowd. 3.5 Zombies. Also has one of the best horror posters from the 80's:
10/8
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Meh. What makes part 1 so great is the two main characters. The Angela in this one is second rate & the gore isn't impressive either. Average entry in the Summer Camp Slashers sub-genre. If you like boobs there's one blonde that just can't seem to keep her shirt on throughout the movie. 2 Zombies
10/9
Livide
This is Alexandre Bustillo's (Inside) second at-bat and boy did he swing for the fences. Not a home run but pretty darn close. Lucy starts a new job as a caregiver and one of the patients is an old, rich ballet instructor shacked up in a house with hidden riches. Lucy gets coaxed into coming back on a treasure hunt and that's where the madness begins. The best way to describe this movie is a fairy tale version of Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" video. Spectacular gore, makeup & set design. There is some truly frightening imagery in this film. Not sure if I dug the ending but the ride getting there was a blast. French horror is back baby! The best fresh viewing so far this year. B+
10/10
The Deadly Spawn
So good I had to watch it again this year. Jersey in the house! This fine piece of 80's trash was filmed in the good ol' Garden State. One of the finer alien invasion movies of the 80's and the second best creature efx of all time. The alien spawn is one wicked looking bastard and it's got nastier teeth than Steve Buscemi. It can't see you but if you scream....you're dead! B+
10/12
Critters 3
Crites wreak havoc. Crites eat baked beans and fart. Goofy looking guy shows up and kills the crites. Not even Leonardo Dicaprio (his first feature film) could save this one. D+
10/13
Deranged (1974)
This was a very good necrophile character study. It even has a guy that appears doing a "live" commentary. The lead actor playing Ezra was so believable you wouldn't be surprised to find out he was a maniac in real life. Also interesting that this was released the same year as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and both had characters based on Ed Gein. Good stuff! Solid B
10/14
The Walking Dead 3.1
Amazeballs! What a way to kick off a season. I Loved every minute of it especially the zombie surprises. And we haven’t even gotten to the man who shall not be named! Wowza. Could it possibly get better? A
10/15
Exit Humanity
This was a fresh 1900’s take on the zombie genre. Gloomy but beautifully photographed, the look of this movie really drove home an impact. We watch lonely man lose his wife, his son and descend into insanity and that’s just his zombie problem. I really dug this one as it had a lot of the fine qualities I found in 2010’s Stake Land. Decent job by all of the actors and looking forward to more films by John Geddes. Also, big-ups to Bloody Disgusting for picking this one and making it available to the masses. Thank God we don’t have to rely on the major studios for good horror! B+
10/16
Sugar Hill
10/17
The Innkeepers
10/18
10/19
10/20
Monster Dog
Monster Dog (1984) was the story of a....you guessed it: a huge Monster Dog that wreaked havoc on a small town, or house because that's all we saw. It was Italian, had wacko gore, bad dubbing & starred Alice Cooper! Best rock song/video I've heard in an 80's horror flick since Maximum Overdrive. This unknown delight was Directed by Italian slop-fest master Claudio Fragasso (Troll 2, Zombi 3). No wonder I loved it! Warning: much less boobies than your usual Italian fare. Entertaining trash. WOOF!
10/21
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
I checked out All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) the other night and enjoyed it. The ending was pretty ruthless and even though the first half was standard teeny bop horror it started moving in a fresh direction once it climbed that familiar hill. Teen on teen violence can't get a proper release (The Loved Ones?) in the US and there's no signs of that changing so we'll just have to go keep our eyes open for these little nuggets that would otherwise go unnoticed.
10/22
Ssssss
Sssssss (1973) was pretty good. Crazy mad scientist/herpetologist creates anti-venom and something even more slithery out of his protege. In the beginning there was a disclaimer that the actors worked with real poisonous snakes. True? Who knows but I know I love snakes and reptiles so this was a cold-blooded treat for
10/27
Anthropophagus
There’s two reasons I watched this one: It’s on the old Video Nasties list and I’ve long heard rumors of a scene where the crazed cannibal-man eats a newborn straight from a woman’s baby-hole. A group of friends get trapped on an island inhabited by a shipwrecked fella with a taste for flesh. Although a few scenes of gore in this film were disgusting I was expecting something a bit more shocking. Overall it was fairly tame by today’s standards. Bad dubbing, silly dialogue and all the 80’s Italian madness I’ve grown to expect.
House by the Cemetery
If Zombi didn’t have such fantastic music this would be my 2nd favorite Fulci flick. An unlucky family moves into an old house but they soon find out the previous homeowner never left. Realtor tip: might want to look in the basement BEFORE you buy a house. Little Bob still holds the prize for most annoying kid in a horror movie.
The Beyond
Fulci’s masterpiece! Chock full of madness. This movie has everything and then some. The Beyond has excellent gore that keeps delivering throughout the movie and an incredible score to boot. Perfect pacing that culminates with an epic zombie massacre. Another reason I love this movie is because the ending is so damn dark and desolate. This is horror!
10/28
City of the Living Dead
Just an alright Fulci film that relies heavily on a few scenes of gore. Oh but these scenes are so darn good! Is it worth watching 91 minutes of an average horror movie just for 120 seconds of over the top brains and entrails? Yup! Points taken off for Fabio Frizzi remixing the Zombi music and reusing it for COTLD. Yeah dude, maybe you changed a note or two but so did Vanilla Ice when he ripped off Queen.
Cockneys Vs. Zombies
This was a lot of fun and just what I needed. A UK zombie movie with unlikely heroes? Sounds like I’ve heard this before but behold…some fresh ideas! Some clumsy bank robbers rescue their Grandpa from a nursing home and the two groups team together to form a formidable zombie fighting team. There were a few creative scenes that got an LOL from me and the pacing moves it along fast enough so it never gets annoying. Good fun!
The American Scream
Pretty good documentary about 3 families and the buildup to their annual Halloween home haunts. If one of these families was crazier I would have enjoyed it more. Mostly we just see all the work and preparation that goes into their elaborate displays. Show me the drama!
10/29
Inbred (2011)
Inbred is silly, European countryside, small-town torturous fun! It moves a bit slow until the halfway point but once you get past that the madness ensues and the third act is backwoods crazy! A group of reform kids and some caretakers go on some weekend getaway at a lush green countryside cottage. After some work at the house the caretakers decide it would be nice to take the kids to the local pub for some sodas. If you're one of the kids you have 2 issues with this: 1. sodas? 2. The friggin' pub is called The Dirty Hole? Has nobody in this movie seen An American Werewolf in London? If you don't heed the warning in the ridiculously creepy name, at least reconsider staying after seeing the buggered up local folk. Yeah, it doesn't bode well for our crew from there. Definitely worth checking out. The gore is fun & almost cartoonish and the kills are fairly original. I guarantee this will be the best Yorkshire torture movie you see this year.
10/30
Lovely Molly
10/31
V/H/S
Trick 'R Treat
Terror Train
Halloween
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For those of you more interested in owning than renting, Best Buy is blowing out a lot of classic horror movies on blu-ray at their usual bottom tier price. There's Halloween, Jeepers Creepers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Child's Play, Return of the Living Dead, I Spit On Your Grave, The Hills Have Eyes (unrated), The Hills Have Eyes 2, Carrie, A Nightmare On Elm Street, A Nightmare On Elm Street 2&3, Mirrors, An American Werewolf In London, Land of the Dead, Shutter, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Human Centipede, The Human Centipede 2, Jennifer's Body, Magic, and When Harry Met Sally (wait...how did that get in there?)
Hmm not sure but maybe check this thread?
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1424875/stopped-receiving-thread-notifications
I got frisky and threw on a second movie today: Friday the 13th Part 5. No Jason, no problem! I boycotted this for many years for that very reason but now I see it's one of the better entries in the series. Solid cast of characters anchored by the mysterious Tommy, Pam the mother figure and Reggie the badass black kid - that lives! Glad I could put my prejudice aside because this was very enjoyable. Cool kills too and lots more boobs than I remember. Another solid B for the day (actually more like D or DD).
Hmm not sure but maybe check this thread?
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1424875/stopped-receiving-thread-notifications
I got frisky and threw on a second movie today: Friday the 13th Part 5. No Jason, no problem! I boycotted this for many years for that very reason but now I see it's one of the better entries in the series. Solid cast of characters anchored by the mysterious Tommy, Pam the mother figure and Reggie the badass black kid - that lives! Glad I could put my prejudice aside because this was very enjoyable. Cool kills too and lots more boobs than I remember. Another solid B for the day (actually more like D or DD).
So tonight I headed to the multiplex and saw film 3 and 4
The Possession: I give this 2 zombies it was slow, boring and can be summed up as a Jewish version of the Exorcist
Resident Evil Retribution 3d: I give this 5 zombie stars for its style and 2 zombie stars for its substance, so overall 3 zombie stars. It was beautiful but basically jumped incoherently through what it called a story kind of like a video game does. However, it is highly recommended by me especially if you like 3d. Paul W. S. Anderson has shot 3 films in 3d now and is becoming quite the expert. Milla Jovovich was stunning and its worth watching just for her
The Possession: I give this 2 zombies it was slow, boring and can be summed up as a Jewish version of the Exorcist
Resident Evil Retribution 3d: I give this 5 zombie stars for its style and 2 zombie stars for its substance, so overall 3 zombie stars. It was beautiful but basically jumped incoherently through what it called a story kind of like a video game does. However, it is highly recommended by me especially if you like 3d. Paul W. S. Anderson has shot 3 films in 3d now and is becoming quite the expert. Milla Jovovich was stunning and its worth watching just for her
Day One
1. Chained - Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch is about a cab driver called Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio) who picks up women and takes them to his house where he kills them. But on this one day he picks up a woman and her 9 year old son Tim. Bob kills Tim's mom and then makes Tim live in the house with him all while he keeps killing women. Tim grows up there, watching, seeing all that happens. Bob wants to make him his protégé. Will Tim carry on the legacy?
The first act grabbed me and pulled me in but sadly halfway through the second act it started to lose me. Fortunately all hope was not lost as the third act pulled me back in and tied things up with a bit of a twist thrown in. This one is a slow burner with limited blood and gore.
2 1/2 Zombies
2. Entrance - ENTRANCE is about the limits of our perception, how the things lurking on the periphery of our lives can lead to horrific conclusions; about how she fell out of love with the city, but it wouldn't let her go.
A very very, slow burner. It takes a good fifty minutes to start to get going but I found it worth the wait (many won't). I loved the very last shot of this film.
3 Zombies
3. Scary or Die - This horror anthology has five short films. Zombie action takes place by the Arizona-Mexico border in "The Crossing". "Taejung's Lament" follows a man in mourning for a lost love and his reward for a good deed. A hit-man has a tough job in "Re-Membered". "Clowned" tells the tale of birthday party entertainment gone wrong. "Lover Come Back" reflects on the power of true love.
Entertaining in a vein similar to 'Tales From the Crypt' or 'Tales From the Darkside'. Out of all of the stories I liked 'Clowned' the least, it was a bit too long and very predictable.
2 3/4 Zombies
4. Fright Night (2011) - A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.
Remake of the wonderful, cliché ridden 1985 masterpiece 'Fright Night'; which I never tire of and will be watching later this month from my signed, limited edition Blu Ray disc.
3 Zombies
5. "La chambre des morts" (Room of Death) - While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the money and throw the body into a pond and bury the money in a coal hill. The next morning the police discover the body of a kidnapped 12-year blind girl, Melody, in a warehouse near the site of the hit-and-run.
Inspired by 'The Silence of the Lambs' (there's even a little nod to it with the main character having the novel on her bookshelf) this French horror/thriller (more thriller than horror though) was my best film of the day. Go into to it was no more information than what I've said above and let the film pull you in.
3 1/2 Zombies
I watch one more movie that I thought was a French Horror/Thriller but actually turned out to be a French Thriller/Suspense film therefore it really doesn't fit our horror list. It was such a great film though I thought I'd mention it in case someone needs a break from the horror genre. The name of the film is 'La cara oculta' (The Hidden Face) and is about a Spanish orchestra conductor named Adrián (Quim Gutiérrez) who receives a video message from his sweetheart Belén (Clara Lago), in which she breaks up with him then suddenly disappears. The less you know about this film before you view it the more you will enjoy it. Overall this was my best movie of the day with a rating of 4 stars (stars vice zombies since it doesn't fall within the zombie ratings category).
1. Chained - Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch is about a cab driver called Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio) who picks up women and takes them to his house where he kills them. But on this one day he picks up a woman and her 9 year old son Tim. Bob kills Tim's mom and then makes Tim live in the house with him all while he keeps killing women. Tim grows up there, watching, seeing all that happens. Bob wants to make him his protégé. Will Tim carry on the legacy?
The first act grabbed me and pulled me in but sadly halfway through the second act it started to lose me. Fortunately all hope was not lost as the third act pulled me back in and tied things up with a bit of a twist thrown in. This one is a slow burner with limited blood and gore.
2 1/2 Zombies
2. Entrance - ENTRANCE is about the limits of our perception, how the things lurking on the periphery of our lives can lead to horrific conclusions; about how she fell out of love with the city, but it wouldn't let her go.
A very very, slow burner. It takes a good fifty minutes to start to get going but I found it worth the wait (many won't). I loved the very last shot of this film.
3 Zombies
3. Scary or Die - This horror anthology has five short films. Zombie action takes place by the Arizona-Mexico border in "The Crossing". "Taejung's Lament" follows a man in mourning for a lost love and his reward for a good deed. A hit-man has a tough job in "Re-Membered". "Clowned" tells the tale of birthday party entertainment gone wrong. "Lover Come Back" reflects on the power of true love.
Entertaining in a vein similar to 'Tales From the Crypt' or 'Tales From the Darkside'. Out of all of the stories I liked 'Clowned' the least, it was a bit too long and very predictable.
2 3/4 Zombies
4. Fright Night (2011) - A teenager suspects that his new neighbor is a vampire.
Remake of the wonderful, cliché ridden 1985 masterpiece 'Fright Night'; which I never tire of and will be watching later this month from my signed, limited edition Blu Ray disc.
3 Zombies
5. "La chambre des morts" (Room of Death) - While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the money and throw the body into a pond and bury the money in a coal hill. The next morning the police discover the body of a kidnapped 12-year blind girl, Melody, in a warehouse near the site of the hit-and-run.
Inspired by 'The Silence of the Lambs' (there's even a little nod to it with the main character having the novel on her bookshelf) this French horror/thriller (more thriller than horror though) was my best film of the day. Go into to it was no more information than what I've said above and let the film pull you in.
3 1/2 Zombies
I watch one more movie that I thought was a French Horror/Thriller but actually turned out to be a French Thriller/Suspense film therefore it really doesn't fit our horror list. It was such a great film though I thought I'd mention it in case someone needs a break from the horror genre. The name of the film is 'La cara oculta' (The Hidden Face) and is about a Spanish orchestra conductor named Adrián (Quim Gutiérrez) who receives a video message from his sweetheart Belén (Clara Lago), in which she breaks up with him then suddenly disappears. The less you know about this film before you view it the more you will enjoy it. Overall this was my best movie of the day with a rating of 4 stars (stars vice zombies since it doesn't fall within the zombie ratings category).
That was a great start Airboss, I think next up for me is to watch The Thing remake followed by the original, anyone who has seen the remake knows why.
Also I just want to say how glad I am I found this thread. I did this for two years on another site called Filmgasm and got no one to join me, its nice to have found some fellow horror lovers.
Hang in there yankeeman, I was recently diagnosed as bi-polar and its great you are letting your wife support him in his mental illness. I am lucky enough to have a great wife and if I didn't I would hope that I had a brother in law like you, now stop reading and put on those headphones.
Also I just want to say how glad I am I found this thread. I did this for two years on another site called Filmgasm and got no one to join me, its nice to have found some fellow horror lovers.
Hang in there yankeeman, I was recently diagnosed as bi-polar and its great you are letting your wife support him in his mental illness. I am lucky enough to have a great wife and if I didn't I would hope that I had a brother in law like you, now stop reading and put on those headphones.
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2- All the Boys Love Mandy Lane . Teen murderfest. Nice scenery and a decent twist but not a mind blower for me.
3- The Loved Ones . Dude climbs a pile of bones in this teen murderfest. I enjoyed the acting, soundtrack, and violence....Am I not pretty enough....
3- The Loved Ones . Dude climbs a pile of bones in this teen murderfest. I enjoyed the acting, soundtrack, and violence....Am I not pretty enough....
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Rather than make one master list back here on page 98 where no one will see it, I'm going to keep a small running list below each review as I post them. That way, the final review will show a complete list of all movies viewed during the month.
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) (first-time viewing)
Classic horror done well. Not on par with Universal Pictures monster classics, and not particularly scary--the horror is derived from witnessing a man's descent into a creature without a soul, as he systematically erases his humanity, with only his hidden portrait showing the effects. The use of color to show the portrait (in an otherwise black and white film) was an inspired and breathtaking choice. The pacing of the film was a bit languid by today's standards, this one felt about 20 minutes too long, but the ending still packed a punch even though it wasn't really a surprise. George Sanders is loads of fun as a hedonistic gentleman who somewhat resembles the devil himself, and a young Angela Lansbury and Donna Reed are lovely to look at.
Bob's October 2012 Horror Movie Marathon
FTV denotes first time viewings
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (FTV)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) (first-time viewing)
Classic horror done well. Not on par with Universal Pictures monster classics, and not particularly scary--the horror is derived from witnessing a man's descent into a creature without a soul, as he systematically erases his humanity, with only his hidden portrait showing the effects. The use of color to show the portrait (in an otherwise black and white film) was an inspired and breathtaking choice. The pacing of the film was a bit languid by today's standards, this one felt about 20 minutes too long, but the ending still packed a punch even though it wasn't really a surprise. George Sanders is loads of fun as a hedonistic gentleman who somewhat resembles the devil himself, and a young Angela Lansbury and Donna Reed are lovely to look at.
Bob's October 2012 Horror Movie Marathon
FTV denotes first time viewings
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (FTV)
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Susyflower's 2012 31 Days of Horror
1. Fertile Ground (2011) - This is one of the Afterdark Originals...I liked it. It was essentially Amityville with a pregnancy plot mixed it. It had a few jumps, not as many as I would've liked however. I felt that the climax and the "ah ha" moment of the movie was really rushed. I DVR'd it from SyFy so the break for fast forwarding of commericals probably didn't help. Will be trying to avoid this in the future.
2. The Fog (1980) - Man I love John Carpenter...with Halloween being my all time favorite horror movie I can't believe that haven't seen The Fog. I really enjoyed this one as well. The ominous fog rolling in with the score in the background gave me just right amount of chills. It was great seeing all of the actors in this movie that were in the Halloween movies in some way or another. Also, I loved the guest appearance from John Houseman the great Professor Kingsfield in The Paper Chase. I'm a lawyer so seeing him and then thinking about law school was enough to give me the heebee jeebees!!
3. Hellraiser (1987) - "What you've never seen Hellraiser!" said my fiance...so we powered up the PS3 and watch Hellraiser on Netflix IW. I thought it was pretty good. I'm more of a subtle creepiness person. This one had a lot of in your face scares with the "monsters from hell" so to speak. When Frank comes out of the woodwork that was creepy and gross. Great special effects for the time. Glad I finally got to see this one.
4. No movie today...our local Oktoberfest festival took precedent
5. No movie today...same as above
6. Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988) - this one was pretty "meh" for me. I actually fell asleep towards the end so I'll have to give it another go sometime. The part where the Dr. goes down to the "maintenance" level was super creepy with the worst of the worst. I wouldn't doubt that's pretty accurate for mental hosptials at points in history.
7. No movie today - Football
8. Children of the Corn (1984) - I love this movie and the picture quality has never been better with blu-ray. Those kids just creep out. I'm wondering though at the beginning when Bert and Vicky are driving there is a paperback book on the dash of the car. I can tell it's a Steven King book of some kind but just can't make out which one. Nice homage to the story writer.
9. The Amityville Horror (1979) - I really do enjoy this movie. There are certain movies that give me an uneasy creeped out feeling throughout the whole thing. This is one of them. Especially with all the lights off and candles going. A classic!
10. Amityville Horror II: The Possession (1982)
11. Husk (2010) - This is another one of the AfterDark Originals. This one was great! Really good offering from AfterDark as some of their movies are real stinkers. Obviously a scary scarecrow story but much more than that. Really good make up effects. Quite a few jumps and chills. Great direction...movie didn't drag for me. Highly recommend!
12. Pet Sematary (1989) - This is probably my favorite horror movie of all time. I look forward to AMC's Fear Fest every year because I know they will show this one multiple times. Stills gives me good scares to this day!!
13. Pet Sematary II (1992) - I don't like this one as much as the first one. The multiple scenes with cheesy adult contemparay rock songs is a big turn off. I never found this one to be scary at all for me.
14. No Movie - Work & Football
15. No Movie
16. No Movie
17. No Movie
18. Watched first episode of American Horror Story: Asylum
19. Deadgirl (2008) - Two high school friends are exploring an abandoned mental institution and in the boiler room find a dead girl...or so they think. The story was definitely an interesting concept...however the movie itself left a lot to be desired. I felt that it really dragged in parts and one of the main characters (J.T.) was just so annoying it was hard to get through it. The ending was certainly predictable.
20. The Alligator People (1959) - This is an old black and white...here is the description from the Netflix sleeve. "A couple is separated on a train when the husband (Richard Crane) gets off and is never seen again. His wife (Beverly Garland) spends years searching and finally finds him in a bog near his family home, but their meeting is soured when she discovers he's been turned into part alligator, part human by a mad scientist (George MacReady). Now, she must race against time to rescue her mutant husband from the scientist before it's too late." I liked this one...thought the makeup effects were great for being a movie from 1959.
21. No Movie
22. Halloween (1978) - This is one of my all time favorite horror/Halloween themed movies. That famous music gets me every time!! Can't wait to see it in the theater on October 29th!!!
23. Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers (1988) - This will always probably be my favorite of the Halloween franchise. This was the first Halloween movie that I ever saw so it's always stuck as my favorite. This movie introduced Danielle Harris who went onto great things like playing a bratty high school friend of Darlene on the show Rosanne, and most recently in the RZ remake of Halloween and The Hitcher movies.
24. The Pumpkin Karver (2006) - Don't waste your time...a couple gory scenes but horrible acting and low budget sets & effects.
25. Birdemic: Shock & Terror - Live Rifftrax event. The guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on the 2008 movie Birdemic: Shock & Terror. This probably is the worse movie ever made; however, with the live riffing it turned into the most hilarious movie ever made. Highly enjoyed!!
1. Fertile Ground (2011) - This is one of the Afterdark Originals...I liked it. It was essentially Amityville with a pregnancy plot mixed it. It had a few jumps, not as many as I would've liked however. I felt that the climax and the "ah ha" moment of the movie was really rushed. I DVR'd it from SyFy so the break for fast forwarding of commericals probably didn't help. Will be trying to avoid this in the future.
2. The Fog (1980) - Man I love John Carpenter...with Halloween being my all time favorite horror movie I can't believe that haven't seen The Fog. I really enjoyed this one as well. The ominous fog rolling in with the score in the background gave me just right amount of chills. It was great seeing all of the actors in this movie that were in the Halloween movies in some way or another. Also, I loved the guest appearance from John Houseman the great Professor Kingsfield in The Paper Chase. I'm a lawyer so seeing him and then thinking about law school was enough to give me the heebee jeebees!!
3. Hellraiser (1987) - "What you've never seen Hellraiser!" said my fiance...so we powered up the PS3 and watch Hellraiser on Netflix IW. I thought it was pretty good. I'm more of a subtle creepiness person. This one had a lot of in your face scares with the "monsters from hell" so to speak. When Frank comes out of the woodwork that was creepy and gross. Great special effects for the time. Glad I finally got to see this one.
4. No movie today...our local Oktoberfest festival took precedent
5. No movie today...same as above
6. Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988) - this one was pretty "meh" for me. I actually fell asleep towards the end so I'll have to give it another go sometime. The part where the Dr. goes down to the "maintenance" level was super creepy with the worst of the worst. I wouldn't doubt that's pretty accurate for mental hosptials at points in history.
7. No movie today - Football
8. Children of the Corn (1984) - I love this movie and the picture quality has never been better with blu-ray. Those kids just creep out. I'm wondering though at the beginning when Bert and Vicky are driving there is a paperback book on the dash of the car. I can tell it's a Steven King book of some kind but just can't make out which one. Nice homage to the story writer.
9. The Amityville Horror (1979) - I really do enjoy this movie. There are certain movies that give me an uneasy creeped out feeling throughout the whole thing. This is one of them. Especially with all the lights off and candles going. A classic!
10. Amityville Horror II: The Possession (1982)
11. Husk (2010) - This is another one of the AfterDark Originals. This one was great! Really good offering from AfterDark as some of their movies are real stinkers. Obviously a scary scarecrow story but much more than that. Really good make up effects. Quite a few jumps and chills. Great direction...movie didn't drag for me. Highly recommend!
12. Pet Sematary (1989) - This is probably my favorite horror movie of all time. I look forward to AMC's Fear Fest every year because I know they will show this one multiple times. Stills gives me good scares to this day!!
13. Pet Sematary II (1992) - I don't like this one as much as the first one. The multiple scenes with cheesy adult contemparay rock songs is a big turn off. I never found this one to be scary at all for me.
14. No Movie - Work & Football
15. No Movie
16. No Movie
17. No Movie
18. Watched first episode of American Horror Story: Asylum
19. Deadgirl (2008) - Two high school friends are exploring an abandoned mental institution and in the boiler room find a dead girl...or so they think. The story was definitely an interesting concept...however the movie itself left a lot to be desired. I felt that it really dragged in parts and one of the main characters (J.T.) was just so annoying it was hard to get through it. The ending was certainly predictable.
20. The Alligator People (1959) - This is an old black and white...here is the description from the Netflix sleeve. "A couple is separated on a train when the husband (Richard Crane) gets off and is never seen again. His wife (Beverly Garland) spends years searching and finally finds him in a bog near his family home, but their meeting is soured when she discovers he's been turned into part alligator, part human by a mad scientist (George MacReady). Now, she must race against time to rescue her mutant husband from the scientist before it's too late." I liked this one...thought the makeup effects were great for being a movie from 1959.
21. No Movie
22. Halloween (1978) - This is one of my all time favorite horror/Halloween themed movies. That famous music gets me every time!! Can't wait to see it in the theater on October 29th!!!
23. Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers (1988) - This will always probably be my favorite of the Halloween franchise. This was the first Halloween movie that I ever saw so it's always stuck as my favorite. This movie introduced Danielle Harris who went onto great things like playing a bratty high school friend of Darlene on the show Rosanne, and most recently in the RZ remake of Halloween and The Hitcher movies.
24. The Pumpkin Karver (2006) - Don't waste your time...a couple gory scenes but horrible acting and low budget sets & effects.
25. Birdemic: Shock & Terror - Live Rifftrax event. The guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on the 2008 movie Birdemic: Shock & Terror. This probably is the worse movie ever made; however, with the live riffing it turned into the most hilarious movie ever made. Highly enjoyed!!
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Chained is on my list as well... I actually started Entrance on NF last week but it was late and I didn't finish it.
Glad you caught The Loved Ones, that's just a plain fun movie.
Sorry man, Dish = No Hell on Wheels, Walking Dead and no IFC. That's a major deal breaker for me but the list looks fun!
Nice! Funny you picked that one, the first guy killed is an assistant on Armstrong & Getty, an AM talk show I listen to and just yesterday he was talking about the horror convention he went to and how he couldn't believe people recognized him. I guess his agent is so successful he went to the horror fest via greyhound
That's too bad, I was hoping The Possession might be halfway decent.
Chained is on my list as well... I actually started Entrance on NF last week but it was late and I didn't finish it.
Glad you caught The Loved Ones, that's just a plain fun movie.
Sorry man, Dish = No Hell on Wheels, Walking Dead and no IFC. That's a major deal breaker for me but the list looks fun!
Second day, second movie.
ZOMBIE DIARIES 2 - WORLD OF THE DEAD
This is a FIRST TIME WATCH for me.
Boy, this movie totally sucked. A small band of British reservists fight their way thru zombies in the woods as they try to get to the water. Poorly done, very plain and un-exciting, dont waste you time watching this one. Very disappointing. I will only give this a 1/2-zombie on my Zombie scale of 1 thru 5. When i dont like something, i really dont like it!!!!
MOVIES WATCHED OCTOBER 2012:
01- The Butcher - 3 Zombies
02-Zombie Diaries 2 (World of the Dead) - 1/2 Zombie
ZOMBIE DIARIES 2 - WORLD OF THE DEAD
This is a FIRST TIME WATCH for me.
Boy, this movie totally sucked. A small band of British reservists fight their way thru zombies in the woods as they try to get to the water. Poorly done, very plain and un-exciting, dont waste you time watching this one. Very disappointing. I will only give this a 1/2-zombie on my Zombie scale of 1 thru 5. When i dont like something, i really dont like it!!!!
MOVIES WATCHED OCTOBER 2012:
01- The Butcher - 3 Zombies
02-Zombie Diaries 2 (World of the Dead) - 1/2 Zombie
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1. The Tunnel- 2 Zombies
A small news crew attempt to investigate a government coverup of homeless disappearances, water resources, and other events within the abandoned subway tunnels beneath Sydney. There were just too many easily corrected things about this that bothered me. It was filmed in a "found footage/post interview" style but felt more like a cheesy Discovery Channel reenactment. Some of the atmosphere was decent and it had brief moments of "creepy" but the other issues just kept drawing me out of the story.
2. Ghost Ship - 3 Zombies
This is a mildy fun movie with a very young Karl Urban and Desmond Harrington (Quinn from Dexter). Great atmosphere and a few decent scenes but fairly high cheese factor, especially at the end but still a cool premis of a ghost ship being used to collect souls for "management".
3. Turistas - 3.5 Zombies
Your standard "travel to brazil and get your organs harvested" type of movie. This is a guilty pleasure of mine, nothing really new or original with this one but Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, and Josh Duhmel make it pretty worth while, plus there is some prety cringe worthy gore.
4. The Devil's Advocate - 5 Zombies
This may not be classified as horror depending on who you ask but for people of faith (myself included) this is firmly planted in the psychological horror genre and does it's job well. I wont bother with the synopsis but Charlize Theron and Al Pacino are just brilliant from start to finish! The entire premise of this film and suggestions it makes with respect to free will, influence, and the devil having offspring on the earth (among other things) is terrifying to contemplate in this context. Well Done!
5. Return of the Living Dead - 3.5 Zombies
I watched this last year as well and it has been a long time 80's favorite (hence my "send.more.paramedics"). Just a downright fun zombie movie with some great sfx for its time, a must see for any zombie lover!
6. The Crazies - 4 Zombies
I never saw the original but I really enjoyed this movie. Timothy Olyphant is just so animated and fun to watch. Not too gory, lot of jump scares but good pacing and an entertaining little zombie flick. I do have soem gripes but I'll leave them out since I've voiced them before.
7. The Legend of Hell House - 3 Zombies
I'd never seen this before and caught some of it a couple weeks ago and thought it looked like a fun older horror flick so added to NF instant. I enjoyed this one, that atmosphere and old set designs are just great. Acting was decent, no big scares or anything but a great atmosphere movie for the Halloween spirit!
8. Jeepers Creepers - 3.5 Zombies
Solid monster movie, terrible transfer on bluray. This one is a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the premis and idea behind the Creeper. Looking forward to the 3rd one which should connect well with the original.
9. Triangle - 5 Zombies
Wizzack and I must have been on the same page last night. Triangle is a grade A top tier mind fawk. Psychological horror at its best IMO. Melissa George is simply brilliant and the writer/director of this film is seriously under appreciated. For anyone that thinks Inception and Prometheus were deep you need to see this (and Mulholland Dr.) for some contrast.
10. Exit Humanity - 4 Zombies
Just when you think there are no ideas left in the zombie genre something like this comes along. The story is crafted and executed so well it could almost be placed in the drama category. I know this movie has already been covered by a couple others so I wont repeat or rehash but I will say this is the most refreshing zombie flick I've sen since Pontypool, highly recommended!
11. Antichrist - 4 Zombies
This is my second viewing on this and while it made a tad more sense than the first time it is still probably this biggest WTF movie I have ever seen. Not so much because it is a mind twisting head scratcher but because it is so far beyond totally eff'd I can't even begin to try and explain it or review it. It probably deserves 5 Zombies but I have some issues with it that hold it back for me.
12. Lovely Molly - 3.5 Zombies
I expected this one to be more of a head game than it was but still pretty solid in that arena. The actress playing Molly does a fantastic job and she sells the hell out of crazy beeotch. More gore than I expected but less ghost story elements than I thought after watching the trailer. This kind of reminded me of The Silent House in a way and I'm sure house of you who have seen both would agree.
13. The Loved Ones - 5 Zombies
This is just too damn fun t be anything less than a perfect score. Oodles of gore and dark comedy laced together with some stellar performances and stunning A/V. The actress playing Lola is phenomenal... just when I thought Molly was crazy this on a different level!
14. Amityville Horror (2005) - 3.5 Zombies
This is another remake that I feel gets an unjust amount of criticism, I never thought the original was all that great to begin with... then again I'll take Melissa George over Margot Kidder hands down. I enjoyed the elements added to this version, particularly the history of the house and the extra room they find... good stuff!
15. Suspiria - 4 Zombies
Bluray Region B locked. This movie could easily be a 5 Zombie film with less cornball acting but the set design, lighting, and score are just brilliant. Unfortunately I'v not found any other of Argento's film to strike me as this one did but solid flick and great atmosphere for Halloween.
16. Storm of the Century - 3.5 Zombies
Storm of the Century is a made for TV movie based on the Stephen King book of the same name. A small village island off the mainland is preparing for largest storm of the century and with it arrives a strange visitor who murders one a lonely old woman on the island. Once taken into custody the town losses all communications with the mainland and the visitor starts making some of the towns folks kill themselves and others. It's clear this visitor is here with a purpose and is not a man, he repeats over and over "give me what I want and I'll go away". Storm of the Century could have really been a 5 star flick with a bit more budget and focus. There are some undoubtedly creepy things going on with this film, one of which refers to the mass disappearance of the missing colony from Roanoke Virginia in 1587. A macabre and frightening explanation is dangled but not fully revealed and the townsfolk have to decide if they want to give the visitor what he wants or meet the same fate.
17. Wake Wood - 2 Zombies
Wake Wood is a story set in a modern day small village where where a couple goes to start a new life after losing their daughter. This is a bit of a Pet Sematary style flick but with a bit more finase surrounding certain aspect and far less imagination when it comes time to deliver the goods. Really a shame because the first half has a lot going for it and falls flat for most of the second part of the film. In closing I would just say thanks for nothing tomato meter you worthless crap bag.
18. The Shining - 4.5 Zombies
Nothing to say about this masterpiece that has not been said before, just brilliant! I take half a star off because Shelley Duvall is a lousy actress and her character is annoying.
19. Bram Stokers Dracula - 3 Zombies
Not really a horror film by our standards but still pretty enjoyable and has a great overall tone for the Halloween vibe. Gary Oldman is just excellent as he is in everything.
20. Inside (À l'intérieur) - 3.5 Zombies
I really can't believe that knowing how eff'd up this movie is I would willingly watch it a second time in my life... good grief this is just brutal! If you want to squirm in discomfort while witnessing the most gruesome images to every grace your display check it out. Otherwise, take my word for it and enjoy not having those images burned in your brain! I'll have to watch Seven or something to cheer up from this!
21. Sweeney Todd - 5 Zombies
I watch this on every year and say pretty much the same things every year. This is in my top 5 all time favorites/desert island movies. The music, the story, the AV, all just amazing!
22. Disturbia - 2 Zombies
Sometimes previews are pretty well done as was the case with Disturbia. I was convinced this would be a solid thriller, maybe even horror but instead I got over and hour of adolescent romance garbage and about 20 minutes of worth while material. I'd never seen this and could not tell you what the fuss was about... meh.
23. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - 3 Zombies
What better way to remedy a bad chick flick thriller than to watch some dope smokin hippies get chainsawed. Throw in the great Sgt. Lee Emery and some well used lighting and this remake wasn't half bad! Could have used some more gore but all in all there were some noteworthy moments created here!
24. Sphere - 1.5 Zombies
First time viewing and what a let down... had some interesting things going for it but overall I found it very dull. I give it 1 1/2 scuba zombies.
25. The Funhouse - 1 1/2 Zombies
First time watching this 1981 Tobe Hooper film and it was mostly a let down. I like the backdrop of the funhouse and the creature kid but like many 80's flicks the script was crap and the actors were a joke.
26. House on Haunted Hill - 3.5 Zombies
This 1999 remake had all the right things going for it to be a solid 4+ star horror film and then they blow it in the last 20 minutes with terrible CG ghost vapor and the oh so cliché house is caving in thing. If they could have continued on with the clever images caught on video camera, the creepy teeth face things, etc. it could have had an epic finale with all the inmates, doctors, and other weird things just overwhelming the house. It would have been so much scarier if the final survivors were being chased by that group and getting killed off and "operated on" on the way.
27. Constantine - 3 Zombies
I think this movie gets a bit more bashing than it deserves, it has a lot going for it and did some things very right. Actually one of the few movies Keanu Reeves as almost convincing and the rest of the cast was very well placed IMO. Not too many real scares or gore but the overall tone of the film worked well for me.
28. Red Dragon - 4 Zombies
This is the only movie released after Silence of the Lambs that I feel deserves a place in the franchise. Fantastic performances by Norton, Fiennes, and Hopkins. A perfect prequel to Silence of the Lambs without over explaining much of the mystery that creates Lector's dark past and makes his character so ominous. Obviously some heavy borrowing from Psycho but despite the lack of originality in this area I still felt it worked well and added believability to the FBI's decision to attempt to use Lector's expertise in Silence of the Lambs. I had to dust off the HD-DVD player for this one but it was well worth it!
29. The Thing (1982) - 5 Zombies
I watch this one every year so nothing really new to report. The movie losses it's greatness when the Blair monster comes out at the end but up until; that point averything is just brilliant, especially the atmosphere and creature creation. The prequel which was not bad was a perfect example of why modern horror films with monsters suck... the CG ALWAYS makes them look sooooo unbelievable!!!
30. The Raven - 2 Zombies
Talk about a poster child for miscasting the lead in a movie... good grief it was just panful to watch Cusack drag himself through this character. The movie was ok, nothing really special... if you've seen Sherlock Holmes and From Hell just merge the two and subtract the character charm and you will have The Raven. A couple decent scenes but all in all a flop probably undeserving of the 2 Zombies I gave it.
31. The Strangers - 4 Zombies
This was my second time viewing this film which often reminds me of the French home invasion flick "Them (Ils)" also inspired by true events. There are a lot of things I noticed that I really liked with this movie that make for some very creepy tension building moments. The songs on the record player, the way the victims are taunted, the lights going off with only the fire from outside casting a orange/yellow glow through the windows, and of course the mystery and absence of motive for the Strangers. All fantastic elements that you can tell were put together by someone who really gets horror and avoids even a hint of cheese. Well done!
32. Chained - 3 Zombies
This one is worth watching for Vincent D'Onofrio's performance which is out of this world. I knew he was familiar to me but had to IMDB him to find out why... he has played a sick basterd before in The Cell! Chained was a pretty solid and twisted movie but it felt like it wasn't sure where it wanted to go when it came time to end. This is where it lost points for me. I felt the ending was really contrived and simply unimaginative given what had taken place leading up to. Overall I like what I saw but endings can really make or break, this was a break for me.
33. Hellbound: Hellraiser II - 4 Zombies
As far as Hellraiser flicks go this is my favorite followed by Hellraiser, then Hellraiser 4 Bloodline, the rest sucked IMO. Hellbound did a great job of taking viewers into a darker world instead of bringing the worst elements of that world out. It fell short foe me with the easy dispatching of the cenobites and the abrupt development of compassion from Pinhead. That said I still like what they did with it and enjoyed the cenobites transformation. I felt the multiple puzzle boxes was unnecessary and conflicts with the box's power and origins as explained in Hellbound. Still a great flick and more violent than anything I recall seeing at my age in the late 80's. I watched this via NF streaming and noticed it was edited, portions of graphic scenes were missing such as the blade slicing Pinhead's head when he was first made and the "get them off me guy" cutting himself up.
34. Bedevilled - 2 Zombies
With the recent brand of top tier films I have seen from Korea I was really expecting to be blown away and this one just fell flat for me. The film spends far too much time developing a picture of life on the island for the main character who is abused and beaten by her husband. It takes over an hour for things to get to a boiling point and when they do it all unfolds so fast and with such an absence of tension it is almost unrewarding. The film did have some good things going for it, the building of characters that taunted and mistreated Kim Bok-nam, her so-called friend, there was ample time to develop the story and characters but it felt over-explained to me and the revenge sequence would have been more enjoyable if they had spent more time on the cat and mouse. Worth a watch but m copy will be going to amazon's marketplace.
35. Halloween (2007) - 3 Zombies
This movie probably had equal parts in failed and successful opportunities. I enjoyed the chance to dig in a bit more the MM as a child however the white trash dysfunctional family portrait is so overcooked it all but spoils the other achievements. There were some great elements from the original that I felt RZ maintained and some new things added to make MM scary again. I would have enjoyed a stronger likeability factor with Laurie's friends had they not been characterized as complete whorebags. Even the great P.J. Soles had some charm although we all knew she was the frisky uninhibited one of the three. It's a shame RZ didn't make an attempt to help us care about the other and especially the once great Dr. Loomis who was a complete "wanker" as the Brits would say. Still the movie had some great gore and good scares. MM being damn 9 feet tall sure did make hime even more fearsome looking! i enjoyed this but with a bit more finess I could have been much better.
36. Excision - 2.5 Zombies
I'm going to side with Oink on this one. I got what the film was doing but just found the descent of each character and the story as a whole too tragic to "enjoy". The dream sequences were the saving graces for me but I kept waiting for a longer one with more of a climactic vibe. I also noticed that portions of the dream sequence that have been featured in some trailers was missing. Fantastic performance by AnnaLynne McCord and regardless of how I felt about the film personally it was very successfully crafted and achieved exactly what I felt it set out to do.
37. 247 Degrees Fahrenheit - 1 Zombie
4 friends go to a cabin for the weekend and 3 of them get trapped in a sauna for the night. Temperatures rise and water is limited so what can they do to avoid slow cooking? As if the description didn't sound boring enough I went into this expecting there to be some sinister driving element and creative underbelly to the film... nope, just 3 idiots trapped in a sauna because one friend dripped over some crap that ended up blocking the door and then he passed out. What an utter bore and complete waste of time. The writers and director of this film should be hanged and all copies purged from existence.
38. Creepshow - 4 Zombies
I had to redeem the night by watching an all time favorite. This movie is h=just too much fun to go unwatched at least once a year. The Crate is my favorite.... just tell it to call you Billy!
39. Inbred - 4.5 Zombies
Wow... just wow. I don't even know where to start with this one. I find myself somewhere between WTF and WhyTF do I want to watch this again. Just when you thought the inbred cannibals from Wrong Turn has the genre market cornered along comes this group to make them look like high society! Inbred is just a fantastic and grotesque display of the most foul way of life one could possibly imagine for a village of inbred psychos, no wait let's turn that beyond what you can stomach and simmer. A group of 6 (2 social workers and 4 varied troubled teens) travel to BFE to get away and do some character building exercises away from civilization but when one of them is accidentally injured they all learn the hard way what's really going on and how unbelievably fawkd it really is. This was a very pleasant surprise and a great blind buy, fantastic gore, and some real sick scenes that will probably leave you squirming with nausea... well done!
40. Attack of the Werewolves - 4 Zombies
This was a peasant surprise blind buy Thanks darth and oink!). It was lighter on the horror and gore than I'd hoped or thought or less so than AWIL was which I felt did a pretty good job of a almost 50/50 blend. AOTW was still a lot of fun anf fantastic seeing someone use real makeup, prosthetics, and other practical materials to make a believable monster for a change. There's a lot to enjoy with this one if you can keep up with the fast subs and visuals. A few guys try to find the key to a curse that has reached a 100 year anniversary for a small village which is home to one and a visit to a family home for the other. No craft plots here, just straight forward Lycan lore and plenty of witty and dark comedy. Really enjoyed this and would highly recommend. This is a UK import but I can confirm the disk is region free once the short PAL preview is over.
41. House of 1000 Corpses - 4.5 Zombies
I don't know why this one has grown on me so much over the years but it is just a blast and just captures the Halloween vibe in a sick way!
42. The Descent - 5 Zombies
With no guys trying to play captain-save-a-hoe and brilliant set design, atmosphere, and practical effects this one climbed its way to the top of my list as soon as I'd seen it!
A small news crew attempt to investigate a government coverup of homeless disappearances, water resources, and other events within the abandoned subway tunnels beneath Sydney. There were just too many easily corrected things about this that bothered me. It was filmed in a "found footage/post interview" style but felt more like a cheesy Discovery Channel reenactment. Some of the atmosphere was decent and it had brief moments of "creepy" but the other issues just kept drawing me out of the story.
2. Ghost Ship - 3 Zombies
This is a mildy fun movie with a very young Karl Urban and Desmond Harrington (Quinn from Dexter). Great atmosphere and a few decent scenes but fairly high cheese factor, especially at the end but still a cool premis of a ghost ship being used to collect souls for "management".
3. Turistas - 3.5 Zombies
Your standard "travel to brazil and get your organs harvested" type of movie. This is a guilty pleasure of mine, nothing really new or original with this one but Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, and Josh Duhmel make it pretty worth while, plus there is some prety cringe worthy gore.
4. The Devil's Advocate - 5 Zombies
This may not be classified as horror depending on who you ask but for people of faith (myself included) this is firmly planted in the psychological horror genre and does it's job well. I wont bother with the synopsis but Charlize Theron and Al Pacino are just brilliant from start to finish! The entire premise of this film and suggestions it makes with respect to free will, influence, and the devil having offspring on the earth (among other things) is terrifying to contemplate in this context. Well Done!
5. Return of the Living Dead - 3.5 Zombies
I watched this last year as well and it has been a long time 80's favorite (hence my "send.more.paramedics"). Just a downright fun zombie movie with some great sfx for its time, a must see for any zombie lover!
6. The Crazies - 4 Zombies
I never saw the original but I really enjoyed this movie. Timothy Olyphant is just so animated and fun to watch. Not too gory, lot of jump scares but good pacing and an entertaining little zombie flick. I do have soem gripes but I'll leave them out since I've voiced them before.
7. The Legend of Hell House - 3 Zombies
I'd never seen this before and caught some of it a couple weeks ago and thought it looked like a fun older horror flick so added to NF instant. I enjoyed this one, that atmosphere and old set designs are just great. Acting was decent, no big scares or anything but a great atmosphere movie for the Halloween spirit!
8. Jeepers Creepers - 3.5 Zombies
Solid monster movie, terrible transfer on bluray. This one is a lot of fun and I really enjoyed the premis and idea behind the Creeper. Looking forward to the 3rd one which should connect well with the original.
9. Triangle - 5 Zombies
Wizzack and I must have been on the same page last night. Triangle is a grade A top tier mind fawk. Psychological horror at its best IMO. Melissa George is simply brilliant and the writer/director of this film is seriously under appreciated. For anyone that thinks Inception and Prometheus were deep you need to see this (and Mulholland Dr.) for some contrast.
10. Exit Humanity - 4 Zombies
Just when you think there are no ideas left in the zombie genre something like this comes along. The story is crafted and executed so well it could almost be placed in the drama category. I know this movie has already been covered by a couple others so I wont repeat or rehash but I will say this is the most refreshing zombie flick I've sen since Pontypool, highly recommended!
11. Antichrist - 4 Zombies
This is my second viewing on this and while it made a tad more sense than the first time it is still probably this biggest WTF movie I have ever seen. Not so much because it is a mind twisting head scratcher but because it is so far beyond totally eff'd I can't even begin to try and explain it or review it. It probably deserves 5 Zombies but I have some issues with it that hold it back for me.
12. Lovely Molly - 3.5 Zombies
I expected this one to be more of a head game than it was but still pretty solid in that arena. The actress playing Molly does a fantastic job and she sells the hell out of crazy beeotch. More gore than I expected but less ghost story elements than I thought after watching the trailer. This kind of reminded me of The Silent House in a way and I'm sure house of you who have seen both would agree.
13. The Loved Ones - 5 Zombies
This is just too damn fun t be anything less than a perfect score. Oodles of gore and dark comedy laced together with some stellar performances and stunning A/V. The actress playing Lola is phenomenal... just when I thought Molly was crazy this on a different level!
14. Amityville Horror (2005) - 3.5 Zombies
This is another remake that I feel gets an unjust amount of criticism, I never thought the original was all that great to begin with... then again I'll take Melissa George over Margot Kidder hands down. I enjoyed the elements added to this version, particularly the history of the house and the extra room they find... good stuff!
15. Suspiria - 4 Zombies
Bluray Region B locked. This movie could easily be a 5 Zombie film with less cornball acting but the set design, lighting, and score are just brilliant. Unfortunately I'v not found any other of Argento's film to strike me as this one did but solid flick and great atmosphere for Halloween.
16. Storm of the Century - 3.5 Zombies
Storm of the Century is a made for TV movie based on the Stephen King book of the same name. A small village island off the mainland is preparing for largest storm of the century and with it arrives a strange visitor who murders one a lonely old woman on the island. Once taken into custody the town losses all communications with the mainland and the visitor starts making some of the towns folks kill themselves and others. It's clear this visitor is here with a purpose and is not a man, he repeats over and over "give me what I want and I'll go away". Storm of the Century could have really been a 5 star flick with a bit more budget and focus. There are some undoubtedly creepy things going on with this film, one of which refers to the mass disappearance of the missing colony from Roanoke Virginia in 1587. A macabre and frightening explanation is dangled but not fully revealed and the townsfolk have to decide if they want to give the visitor what he wants or meet the same fate.
17. Wake Wood - 2 Zombies
Wake Wood is a story set in a modern day small village where where a couple goes to start a new life after losing their daughter. This is a bit of a Pet Sematary style flick but with a bit more finase surrounding certain aspect and far less imagination when it comes time to deliver the goods. Really a shame because the first half has a lot going for it and falls flat for most of the second part of the film. In closing I would just say thanks for nothing tomato meter you worthless crap bag.
18. The Shining - 4.5 Zombies
Nothing to say about this masterpiece that has not been said before, just brilliant! I take half a star off because Shelley Duvall is a lousy actress and her character is annoying.
19. Bram Stokers Dracula - 3 Zombies
Not really a horror film by our standards but still pretty enjoyable and has a great overall tone for the Halloween vibe. Gary Oldman is just excellent as he is in everything.
20. Inside (À l'intérieur) - 3.5 Zombies
I really can't believe that knowing how eff'd up this movie is I would willingly watch it a second time in my life... good grief this is just brutal! If you want to squirm in discomfort while witnessing the most gruesome images to every grace your display check it out. Otherwise, take my word for it and enjoy not having those images burned in your brain! I'll have to watch Seven or something to cheer up from this!
21. Sweeney Todd - 5 Zombies
I watch this on every year and say pretty much the same things every year. This is in my top 5 all time favorites/desert island movies. The music, the story, the AV, all just amazing!
22. Disturbia - 2 Zombies
Sometimes previews are pretty well done as was the case with Disturbia. I was convinced this would be a solid thriller, maybe even horror but instead I got over and hour of adolescent romance garbage and about 20 minutes of worth while material. I'd never seen this and could not tell you what the fuss was about... meh.
23. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - 3 Zombies
What better way to remedy a bad chick flick thriller than to watch some dope smokin hippies get chainsawed. Throw in the great Sgt. Lee Emery and some well used lighting and this remake wasn't half bad! Could have used some more gore but all in all there were some noteworthy moments created here!
24. Sphere - 1.5 Zombies
First time viewing and what a let down... had some interesting things going for it but overall I found it very dull. I give it 1 1/2 scuba zombies.
25. The Funhouse - 1 1/2 Zombies
First time watching this 1981 Tobe Hooper film and it was mostly a let down. I like the backdrop of the funhouse and the creature kid but like many 80's flicks the script was crap and the actors were a joke.
26. House on Haunted Hill - 3.5 Zombies
This 1999 remake had all the right things going for it to be a solid 4+ star horror film and then they blow it in the last 20 minutes with terrible CG ghost vapor and the oh so cliché house is caving in thing. If they could have continued on with the clever images caught on video camera, the creepy teeth face things, etc. it could have had an epic finale with all the inmates, doctors, and other weird things just overwhelming the house. It would have been so much scarier if the final survivors were being chased by that group and getting killed off and "operated on" on the way.
27. Constantine - 3 Zombies
I think this movie gets a bit more bashing than it deserves, it has a lot going for it and did some things very right. Actually one of the few movies Keanu Reeves as almost convincing and the rest of the cast was very well placed IMO. Not too many real scares or gore but the overall tone of the film worked well for me.
28. Red Dragon - 4 Zombies
This is the only movie released after Silence of the Lambs that I feel deserves a place in the franchise. Fantastic performances by Norton, Fiennes, and Hopkins. A perfect prequel to Silence of the Lambs without over explaining much of the mystery that creates Lector's dark past and makes his character so ominous. Obviously some heavy borrowing from Psycho but despite the lack of originality in this area I still felt it worked well and added believability to the FBI's decision to attempt to use Lector's expertise in Silence of the Lambs. I had to dust off the HD-DVD player for this one but it was well worth it!
29. The Thing (1982) - 5 Zombies
I watch this one every year so nothing really new to report. The movie losses it's greatness when the Blair monster comes out at the end but up until; that point averything is just brilliant, especially the atmosphere and creature creation. The prequel which was not bad was a perfect example of why modern horror films with monsters suck... the CG ALWAYS makes them look sooooo unbelievable!!!
30. The Raven - 2 Zombies
Talk about a poster child for miscasting the lead in a movie... good grief it was just panful to watch Cusack drag himself through this character. The movie was ok, nothing really special... if you've seen Sherlock Holmes and From Hell just merge the two and subtract the character charm and you will have The Raven. A couple decent scenes but all in all a flop probably undeserving of the 2 Zombies I gave it.
31. The Strangers - 4 Zombies
This was my second time viewing this film which often reminds me of the French home invasion flick "Them (Ils)" also inspired by true events. There are a lot of things I noticed that I really liked with this movie that make for some very creepy tension building moments. The songs on the record player, the way the victims are taunted, the lights going off with only the fire from outside casting a orange/yellow glow through the windows, and of course the mystery and absence of motive for the Strangers. All fantastic elements that you can tell were put together by someone who really gets horror and avoids even a hint of cheese. Well done!
32. Chained - 3 Zombies
This one is worth watching for Vincent D'Onofrio's performance which is out of this world. I knew he was familiar to me but had to IMDB him to find out why... he has played a sick basterd before in The Cell! Chained was a pretty solid and twisted movie but it felt like it wasn't sure where it wanted to go when it came time to end. This is where it lost points for me. I felt the ending was really contrived and simply unimaginative given what had taken place leading up to. Overall I like what I saw but endings can really make or break, this was a break for me.
33. Hellbound: Hellraiser II - 4 Zombies
As far as Hellraiser flicks go this is my favorite followed by Hellraiser, then Hellraiser 4 Bloodline, the rest sucked IMO. Hellbound did a great job of taking viewers into a darker world instead of bringing the worst elements of that world out. It fell short foe me with the easy dispatching of the cenobites and the abrupt development of compassion from Pinhead. That said I still like what they did with it and enjoyed the cenobites transformation. I felt the multiple puzzle boxes was unnecessary and conflicts with the box's power and origins as explained in Hellbound. Still a great flick and more violent than anything I recall seeing at my age in the late 80's. I watched this via NF streaming and noticed it was edited, portions of graphic scenes were missing such as the blade slicing Pinhead's head when he was first made and the "get them off me guy" cutting himself up.
34. Bedevilled - 2 Zombies
With the recent brand of top tier films I have seen from Korea I was really expecting to be blown away and this one just fell flat for me. The film spends far too much time developing a picture of life on the island for the main character who is abused and beaten by her husband. It takes over an hour for things to get to a boiling point and when they do it all unfolds so fast and with such an absence of tension it is almost unrewarding. The film did have some good things going for it, the building of characters that taunted and mistreated Kim Bok-nam, her so-called friend, there was ample time to develop the story and characters but it felt over-explained to me and the revenge sequence would have been more enjoyable if they had spent more time on the cat and mouse. Worth a watch but m copy will be going to amazon's marketplace.
35. Halloween (2007) - 3 Zombies
This movie probably had equal parts in failed and successful opportunities. I enjoyed the chance to dig in a bit more the MM as a child however the white trash dysfunctional family portrait is so overcooked it all but spoils the other achievements. There were some great elements from the original that I felt RZ maintained and some new things added to make MM scary again. I would have enjoyed a stronger likeability factor with Laurie's friends had they not been characterized as complete whorebags. Even the great P.J. Soles had some charm although we all knew she was the frisky uninhibited one of the three. It's a shame RZ didn't make an attempt to help us care about the other and especially the once great Dr. Loomis who was a complete "wanker" as the Brits would say. Still the movie had some great gore and good scares. MM being damn 9 feet tall sure did make hime even more fearsome looking! i enjoyed this but with a bit more finess I could have been much better.
36. Excision - 2.5 Zombies
I'm going to side with Oink on this one. I got what the film was doing but just found the descent of each character and the story as a whole too tragic to "enjoy". The dream sequences were the saving graces for me but I kept waiting for a longer one with more of a climactic vibe. I also noticed that portions of the dream sequence that have been featured in some trailers was missing. Fantastic performance by AnnaLynne McCord and regardless of how I felt about the film personally it was very successfully crafted and achieved exactly what I felt it set out to do.
37. 247 Degrees Fahrenheit - 1 Zombie
4 friends go to a cabin for the weekend and 3 of them get trapped in a sauna for the night. Temperatures rise and water is limited so what can they do to avoid slow cooking? As if the description didn't sound boring enough I went into this expecting there to be some sinister driving element and creative underbelly to the film... nope, just 3 idiots trapped in a sauna because one friend dripped over some crap that ended up blocking the door and then he passed out. What an utter bore and complete waste of time. The writers and director of this film should be hanged and all copies purged from existence.
38. Creepshow - 4 Zombies
I had to redeem the night by watching an all time favorite. This movie is h=just too much fun to go unwatched at least once a year. The Crate is my favorite.... just tell it to call you Billy!
39. Inbred - 4.5 Zombies
Wow... just wow. I don't even know where to start with this one. I find myself somewhere between WTF and WhyTF do I want to watch this again. Just when you thought the inbred cannibals from Wrong Turn has the genre market cornered along comes this group to make them look like high society! Inbred is just a fantastic and grotesque display of the most foul way of life one could possibly imagine for a village of inbred psychos, no wait let's turn that beyond what you can stomach and simmer. A group of 6 (2 social workers and 4 varied troubled teens) travel to BFE to get away and do some character building exercises away from civilization but when one of them is accidentally injured they all learn the hard way what's really going on and how unbelievably fawkd it really is. This was a very pleasant surprise and a great blind buy, fantastic gore, and some real sick scenes that will probably leave you squirming with nausea... well done!
40. Attack of the Werewolves - 4 Zombies
This was a peasant surprise blind buy Thanks darth and oink!). It was lighter on the horror and gore than I'd hoped or thought or less so than AWIL was which I felt did a pretty good job of a almost 50/50 blend. AOTW was still a lot of fun anf fantastic seeing someone use real makeup, prosthetics, and other practical materials to make a believable monster for a change. There's a lot to enjoy with this one if you can keep up with the fast subs and visuals. A few guys try to find the key to a curse that has reached a 100 year anniversary for a small village which is home to one and a visit to a family home for the other. No craft plots here, just straight forward Lycan lore and plenty of witty and dark comedy. Really enjoyed this and would highly recommend. This is a UK import but I can confirm the disk is region free once the short PAL preview is over.
41. House of 1000 Corpses - 4.5 Zombies
I don't know why this one has grown on me so much over the years but it is just a blast and just captures the Halloween vibe in a sick way!
42. The Descent - 5 Zombies
With no guys trying to play captain-save-a-hoe and brilliant set design, atmosphere, and practical effects this one climbed its way to the top of my list as soon as I'd seen it!
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